The district court had also directed the Archeological Survey of India to also trace as to whether any Hindu temple ever existed before the mosque in question was built or superimposed or added upon at the disputed site. That order is under challenge before the Allahabad High Court.
After Varanasi, Mathura land dispute related to Shahi Idgah mosque, which is built on the land where lord Shri Krishna was born( as said by petitioner).
Image credit: NewsonAIR. District Judge Rajeev Bharti in Mathura granted a petition by the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Trust and other private parties seeking ownership of the property on which the Shahi Idgah Mosque is constructed. Judge Bharti effectively referred the civil lawsuit to a lower court for a trial by accepting that plea.The court will have to make a decision regarding the legality of a 1968 compromise agreement between the Trust Masjid Idgah and Shri Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sansthan, the temple management authority, which is a registered society under the law, in which the temple authority gave the Idgah the disputed portion of land.Different petitioners have submitted at least 12 cases to the Mathura courts. The prayer for the mosque to be removed from the 13.77-acre complex, which it shares with the Katra Keshav Dev Temple, runs across all of the petitions.Sonika Verma, a senior civil judge, has ordered the Amin (a representative of the revenue department), to inspect the property and submit a report along with a map by January 20, the next hearing date.The instruction was given in response to a complaint made by the Hindu Sena against the Intezamia Committee, which oversees the Idgah, in the name of the god Bal Krishna. In court documents, the Hindu Sena’s founder Vishnu Gupta is listed as the deity’s next of kin.What is your opinion on this case? Please tell us in the comments.
